Abstract: A touch panel includes a liquid crystal display body and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) electrically connected with the liquid crystal display body. The liquid crystal display body includes: sensing electrodes Rx, upper display screen glass, driving electrodes Tx, a color filter with a black frame, liquid crystals, a thin-film transistor drive array and lower display screen glass, where the liquid crystals are filled between the color filter with the black frame and the thin-film transistor drive array; and the liquid crystal display body comprises special-shaped regions at a lower edge of two sides of the liquid crystal display body.

Abstract: A semiconductor die is provided. The semiconductor die includes a D2D transceiver composed of a single die or dual dies. The D2D transceiver includes a first D2D transmitter and a first D2D receiver. The D2D transmitter is configured to send data to a second D2D receiver in a second D2D transceiver of another semiconductor die using a first reference clock signal. The D2D receiver is configured to receive data from a second D2D transmitter in the second D2D transceiver using a second reference clock signal. Through using the embodiments of the disclosure, a transmission solution may be flexibly configured for a multi-application scenario including D2D.

Abstract: A system and method for the precise and uniform material removal or delayering of a large area of a sample is provided. The size of the milled area is controllable, ranging from sub-millimeter to multi-millimeter scale and the depth resolution is controllable on the nanometer scale. A controlled singularly charged ion beam is scanned across the sample surface in such a manner to normalize the ion density distribution from the sample center toward the periphery to realize uniform delayering.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a Mo—Cu alloy, comprising the following steps: (1) providing dispersed molybdenum powder, (2) producing a molybdenum skeleton with said dispersed molybdenum powder in step (1), (3) infiltrating said molybdenum skeleton in step (2) with copper and said Mo—Cu alloy is obtained; wherein said dispersed molybdenum powder has (D90?D0)/D50 of less than or equal to 2.1. The present invention also relates to a Mo—Cu alloy, a Mo—Cu alloy sheet, a method of producing a CPC laminated composite material and a CPC laminated composite material.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adaptation of the cold spray process to provide a method of coating fine metal particles, including aluminum and copper, onto a work piece. In one embodiment, the invention is a metal agglomerated hard sphere composition capable of providing about a 1 micron or thicker coating of a metal on a work piece in a cold spray process. In another embodiment the invention is a method of coating metal particles, including metal particles having a particle size of about 0.01 to about 10 micron, onto a work piece. The method of the invention circumvents many of the problems associated with cold spray processing of very fine particles.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing nanoparticles by passing a carrying fluid with a nanoparticle precursor through an RF plasma volume for heating the fluid with a nanoparticle precursor to a high temperature sufficient to synthesizing the nanoparticles. The suspension of the fluid with nanoparticles is passed to the thermalization zone in a diverging portion of the Laval nozzle for subjecting the fluid with nanoparticles to jumpwise adiabatic expansion at the exit from the converging portion of the Laval nozzle to the thermalization zone. At least the diverging portion has a curvilinear profile optimized with respect to conditions of said thermalization. In the thermalization zone, the flow of fluid with nanoparticles is surrounded by a cylindrical oil shower composed of discrete drops of oil. The oil shower is emitted from a shower ring that performs twisting motions.

Abstract: A freeform fabrication method for fabricating a 3-D multi-material or multi-color object from successive layers of a primary body-building powder, at least a modifier material and a binder powder in accordance with a computer-aided design of the object.

Abstract: A method and related apparatus for fabricating a three-dimensional object in accordance with a computer-aided design of the object in a layer-by-layer but not point-by-point fashion.

Abstract: A solid freeform fabrication method and related apparatus for fabricating a three-dimensional, multi-material or multi-color object from successive layers of a primary body-building powder, at least a modifier powder and a binder powder in accordance with a computer-aided design of the object, the method including: (a) feeding a first layer of the primary body-building powder to a work surface; (b) operating an electrophotographic powder deposition device to create at least a modifier powder image and a binder powder image in accordance with this design; (c) transferring these powder images in a desired sequence to the first layer of a primary body-building powder; (d) applying energy sources to fuse the binder powder, forming a binder fluid that permeates through the first layer of a primary body-building powder for bonding and consolidating the powder particles to form a first cross-section of the object; (e) feeding a second layer of a primary body-building powder onto the first layer and repeating the ope

Abstract: A two-stage method for producing ultra-fine and environmentally stable solid powders from a metal composition including a reactive alloying element. The method includes the steps of: (a) operating a first-stage heating and atomizing means to provide a stream of super-heated fine-sized metal liquid droplets into a chamber of a second-stage atomizing means with the second-stage atomizing means containing a supply of an atomizing fluid medium composed of at least a reactive gas and an inert gas at a predetermined proportion; (b) operating the second-stage atomizing means by directing the atomizing fluid medium into the chamber to impinge upon the stream of super-heated metal liquid droplets to further break up the metal liquid droplets into ultra-fine particles and to allow the reactive gas to react with the reactive alloying element for forming a protective layer on the exterior surface of the particles; and (c) cooling the particles to form ultra-fine solid powders.

Abstract: A method and related apparatus for fabricating a three-dimensional object in accordance with a computer-aided design of the object in a layer-by-layer but not point-by-point fashion.

Abstract: A solid freeform fabrication process and apparatus for making a three-dimensional object.

Abstract: A two-stage process and apparatus for producing nanometer-scaled powders from a metal, the process including (a) operating a first-stage heating and atomizing device to provide a stream of super-heated fine-sized metal liquid droplets into a chamber of a second-stage atomizing device; (b) operating this second-stage atomizing device by directing an atomizing fluid medium to impinge upon the stream of super-heated metal liquid droplets to further break up the metal liquid droplets into substantially nanometer-sized particles; and (c) cooling these particles to form nanometer-sized solid powders. The first-stage heating and atomizing device preferably includes a twin-wire arc spray device. The second-stage atomizing device preferably includes a vortex jet nozzle.

Abstract: A freeform fabrication method for making a three-dimensional food object from a design created on a computer, including: (a) providing a support member by which the object is supported while being constructed; (b) operating a material dispensing head for dispensing a strand of food composition in a fluent state with this food composition comprising a volatile ingredient; (c) operating a material treatment device disposed near the strand of food composition to at least partially remove the volatile ingredient for causing the food composition to achieve a rigid state in which the food composition is built up in a 3-D shape of the object; and (d) operating control devices for generating control signals in response to coordinates of the design of the object and controlling the position of the dispensing head relative to the support member in response to the control signals to control dispensing of the food composition for constructing the object while supported with the support member.

Abstract: A freeform fabrication method for making a three-dimensional food object from a design created on a computer, including: (a) providing a support member by which the object is supported while being constructed; (b) operating a material dispensing head for dispensing a continuous or intermittent strand of food composition in a fluent state; this food composition including a liquid ingredient and a primary body-building food material and the dispensed food composition having a rigidity and strength sufficient for permitting the food composition to be built up layer by layer into a three-dimensional shape in a non-solid state; and (c) operating control devices for generating control signals in response to coordinates of the object design and controlling the position of the dispensing head relative to the support member in response to the control signals to control dispensing of the food composition to construct a 3-D shape of this object.

Abstract: A solid freeform fabrication process and apparatus for making a three-dimensional reinforcement shape. The process comprises the steps of (1) operating a multiple-channel material deposition device for dispensing a liquid adhesive composition and selected reinforcement materials at predetermined proportions onto a work surface; (2) during the material deposition process, moving the deposition device and the work surface relative to each other in an X-Y plane defined by first and second directions and in a Z direction orthogonal to the X-Y plane so that the materials are deposited to form a first layer of the shape; (3) repeating these steps to deposit multiple layers for forming a three-dimensional preform shape; and (4) periodically hardening the adhesive to rigidize individual layers of the preform.